You might be used to the extend of freedom of press allowed in large  democracies like the U.S or even India but some countries do not take certain controversial material too lightly.

Thats the case in Turkey where YouTube was banned due to some material criticizing the founding father of the country was found. It’s only natural that YouTube would be banned since there is a law in Turkey prohibiting anyone to post material that may be insulting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founding father of modern day Turkey.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is a revered figure whose image graces every denomination of currency and whose portrait hangs in nearly all government offices.

Originally the Istanbul Court had said it would lift the ban as soon as the suspected material insulting the founding father was removed by the YouTube adminstrators. YouTube did just that, and as promised the courts lifted the ban today followed by rejoice among the users of the video uploading website.

As you can see, Turkish people hold their national founding father high in their hearts, and so its not suprising such a decision would come from their courts. I hope YouTube will become efficient in detecting questionable content in the future, which would save them from unwanted press coverage.